Religious folks will sometimes try to justify even this most appalling crime by arguing that paedophiles must have the freedom to rape, torture and kill children because otherwise we wouldn't be able to fully exercise our free will, and their deity supposedly values free will above all other things, even the unimaginable suffering of children who die in agony and terror.
However, in (supposedly) preserving the free will of paedophiles, their god is allowing them to deprive the children of *their* free will. Why, then, does their god value the free will of paedophiles more highly than that of innocent children?
Isn't it the case that in reality, a loving and benevolent god is simply incompatible with a world in which these appalling crimes can be committed unhindered, any arguments about free will notwithstanding?
2006-07-10
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